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[cityboy05]

Southwood is a new 3,200 acre community located in south Tallahassee. This community offers homes to fit all lifestyles. Southwood is complete with the features that match the rest of the city of Tallahassee. From its rolling hills, majestic oaks, and pristine lakes. This community feels that it is a place where nature and people can live in harmony. This townlike community includes a golf course and 2 private schools(Florida High, and Jean Paul II Catholic High ) and is now constructing a town center which would include  YMCA, shopping, restaurants, and some offices. Southwood  could really be summed up as, A small town  way of life conviently located in the middle of everything.

This is the community map of Southwood


This is a house being constructed in Southwood


Another home in Southwood


Southwood Golf Club


           Southwood towncenter- under construction



Southwood and nature







Indeed a well-planned community!

Edited by TaureanJ, 28 September 2005 - 11:24 PM.

[Florida]

Don't forget the famous Southwood house...



This house was actually moved from its Original location to its present location. How in the world do you move a house this big!!!!!

I've heard rumor of a Macoronni Grille moving into the area... anybody hear of any restaurants for Southwood?

Edited by TaureanJ, 21 December 2005 - 08:19 PM.

[cityboy05]

I remeber when I went to southwood for my highschool track meet. This place looked like a whole different town. I forgot I was still in Tallahassee. Southwood is a very gorgeous community. I wouldn't mind moving to Southwood myself.   I heard rumours of a Houston's restaurant moving into the area. Hope that's true!

[stjoe]

cityboy05, on Jun 19 2005, 12:29 AM, said:

I remeber when I went to southwood for my highschool track meet. This place looked like a whole different town. I forgot I was still in Tallahassee. Southwood is a very gorgeous community. I wouldn't mind moving to Southwood myself.  I heard rumours of a Houston's restaurant moving into the area. Hope that's true!

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There is a Houston's restaurant moving to Southwood, but it is different than the chain people are familiar with and spelled differently.  It is a local restaurant, owed by the family that own's the Loop.

They also have a Subway moving there (mistake).  The YMCA is very nice, as is the rest of the area.

[Florida]

Yeah its a locally owned place called Huston's not Houston's. The names are similar and from what I understand they will share a common theme in food.

The Subway is not a mistake.

[stjoe]

TaureanJ, on Jun 19 2005, 11:00 AM, said:

Yeah its a locally owned place called Huston's not Houston's. The names are similar and from what I understand they will share a common theme in food.

The Subway is not a mistake.

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It is to many of the folks that live there.

[Florida]

Too many of the "folks" that live there will be dining at the Subway, just like they ate at Patsy's Soul Food, and the Chinese Restaruant, and Purchase subs from the Publix Deli. I know them well, they aren't as snobby as you'd think.

[bobliocatt]

Is Southwood near buildout already?

[csmurphy8885]

I remember going into the fields of southwood.... now it is totally transformed.  12 years ago i was on a hot air balloon ride, landed by the lake, there were no houses... and they just began all the talk of development.   wow what a change.  

I also noticed alot of development along Tram between cap cir and South monroe, so there will be alot of market for the cities plan to rejuvinate the commerce on the south side.  I think the development of that area is going to be great for the city's economic plans, but as a graduate of Rickards High School ('02) there are no schools for the none private school children.  com   ments

[stjoe]

Lakelander,
Southwood has built about 1,000 units.  It is planned to be over 4,000.

Southwood is just over 3,200 acres, but St Joe owns over 50,000 in Leon County alone.  There are no immediate plans to build on any of that until Southwood is built out.

csmurphy8885, on Jun 19 2005, 12:07 PM, said:

I remember going into the fields of southwood.... now it is totally transformed.  12 years ago i was on a hot air balloon ride, landed by the lake, there were no houses... and they just began all the talk of development.   wow what a change. 

I also noticed alot of development along Tram between cap cir and South monroe, so there will be alot of market for the cities plan to rejuvinate the commerce on the south side.  I think the development of that area is going to be great for the city's economic plans, but as a graduate of Rickards High School ('02) there are no schools for the none private school children.  com   ments

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Murphy,
There are 1 or 2 large lots reserved by St Joe for public schools at Southwood.  It is just a matter of when Leon County wants to build some there.  Also, I think Florida High is a public school.

[csmurphy8885]

Cool.  I hope that the schools are built well.

[cityboy05]

There are public schools for southwood. There is Rickards High, Fairview Middle, and Apalachee elementary. There isn't any public schools in the actual Southwood area but the schools i just named aren't that far from this community. Fairview is about 2 miles from Southwood, and Rickards High is exactly 0.8 miles from Fairview. By the way Florida high is a private school.

Edited by cityboy05, 19 June 2005 - 12:42 PM.

[csmurphy8885]

These are schools that were not designed for a populated south side.   When i graduated from Rickards it was falling apart, flooding, and had nowhere near adaquate facilities for its current students and the magnet IB program.  My younger brother still attends, and in my best of educated views, i think it would not support more than 50 extra students before it falls off the hill it already pollutes.   Fairview housed my little sister for the last 3 years (she is goin off to rickards this year) and it too is not far from capacity with its portable classrooms encrouching all around.   I think that these schools would require immediate attention if they were expected to handle the influx...  provided the new schools are not developed shortly.  and elementery schools... i know that those well off parents in southwood would love thier children in the current SS schools... hehe

[cityboy05]

I thought they were doing construction for Rickards. I think Rickards should be able to hold a little over 1700 students. There were about 1389 students enrolled at this school for 2004-2005 school year.
http://www.greatscho...school/fl/1686/

[Florida]

thelakelander, on Jun 19 2005, 12:04 PM, said:

Is Southwood near buildout already?

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Not quite. At last update they sold 1,000 homes or homesites, leaving them with 3,000+ more to build.

[Florida]

csmurphy8885, on Jun 19 2005, 12:07 PM, said:

I remember going into the fields of southwood.... now it is totally transformed.  12 years ago i was on a hot air balloon ride, landed by the lake, there were no houses... and they just began all the talk of development.   wow what a change. 

I also noticed alot of development along Tram between cap cir and South monroe, so there will be alot of market for the cities plan to rejuvinate the commerce on the south side.  I think the development of that area is going to be great for the city's economic plans, but as a graduate of Rickards High School ('02) there are no schools for the none private school children.  com   ments

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About the schools... there will be some Leon County schools placed there in the community. The locations have already be chosen, its just a matter of time before they are built to accomidate the 3000 remaining homesites they will build in the Southwood community. But space has been reserved for county schools in addition to churches, and additional retail and commercial space.

[Florida]

cityboy05, on Jun 19 2005, 02:56 PM, said:

I thought they were doing construction for Rickards. I think Rickards should be able to hold a little over 1700 students. There were about 1389 students enrolled at this school for 2004-2005 school year.
http://www.greatscho...school/fl/1686/

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He's right. My older Sister and Brother went to Fairview and Rickards. Both of those schools alone could not accomidate the growth that will occur on the southside catalyzed by Southwood, there will have to be other schools. I know many of the students also attend Lincoln and Apalachee Elementary. Im not sure if any are traveling as far as Swift Creek for Middle, but Fairview and Rickards aren't going to meet the growing needs for additional student space.

[cityboy05]

TaureanJ, on Jun 19 2005, 02:11 PM, said:

He's right. My older Sister and Brother went to Fairview and Rickards. Both of those schools alone could not accomidate the growth that will occur on the southside catalyzed by Southwood, there will have to be other schools. I know many of the students also attend Lincoln and Apalachee Elementary. Im not sure if any are traveling as far as Swift Creek for Middle, but Fairview and Rickards aren't going to meet the growing needs for additional student space.

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True, so Southwood will eventually have public schools within the community.

[Florida]

Absolutely.

If you want to see the future of the Southeast side, travel north to the Killearn area. There it is! Killearn was a master planned community along the forrested North East side and then it exploded... mark my words.

[cityboy05]

Ok well i hear that there is a new development that will have more homes than southwood. It will be called Welaunee Plantation. I have been trying to follow up on it  and have gotten some info, but I want more. Does anybody have some good info or things you "heard" about this development.